Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Thursday rolled out its 3 millionth car to be exported from its factory in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur. The car, Hyundai Aura, exported as Grand i10, will be sent to the Colombian market.
The company had a 26 per cent market share in the passenger car exports in 2019, with 1,81,200 units of the total 706,272 units exported from India. In 2018, the company had shipped 1,60,010 units.
Hyundai started exporting cars in 1999 with the first batch of 20 Santros to Nepal and reached a milestone of exporting 1,00,000 cars in 2004. It hit